Robin Williams Quotes
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I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone.
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A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills - no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.
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Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.
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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
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You are a big country. You are the kindest country in the world. You are like a really nice apartment over a meth lab.
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I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.
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Carpe per diem - seize the check.
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When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
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You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.
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If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?
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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.
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The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.
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I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.
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The things we fear the most have already happened to us.
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Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
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You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.
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Crying never helped anybody do anything, okay? You have a problem you face it like a man.
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I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
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When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'
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I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
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All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul.
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All you have to do is think one happy thought, and you’ll fly like me.
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Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.
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If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.